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This Week's Guest:
Paulo Coelho
Sunday 3 July
Repeated
Friday 8 July |
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Paulo's Choice |
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Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the author Paulo Coelho.
Paulo Coelho is a publishing phenomenon - his books have sold more than 65 million copies and he counts Bill Clinton and Madonna among his readers. His most popular work and the one that earned him an international reputation is The Alchemist - a slender tale of a shepherd boy who risked everything to pursue his dreams. Coelho's detractors say his books are little more than self-help manuals - but his readers say their lives really have been changed by the simple wisdom of his stories.
Paulo Coelho's life is as extraordinary as any work of fiction. He was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947 to middle class parents who wanted him to become a lawyer. But, since winning his first literary prize in a school poetry competition, Paulo was determined to be a writer. His parents disapproved and, alarmed at their son's wayward lifestyle, repeatedly had him commited to an institution where he was given electric shock therapy. He later found success writing song lyrics - but his words were deemed subversive by the military police and he was captured and tortured. He was forty years old before he finally pursued his own dream and started writing novels and he is now one of the most succesful writers in the world. |
1. Mysterious Ways
Performer U2
Composer U2
Publisher Island Records
CD Title U2 The Best of 1990-2000
Track 2
Label Island
Rec No:CIDU213
2. The Long and Winding Road
Performer Beatles
Composer Lennon & McCartney
Publisher Northern Songs
CD Title The Beatles/1962-1966
Track CD2 Trk 14
Label Apple
Rec No:CDPCSP718
3. Father's Shout
Performer Pink Floyd
Composer Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright & Geesin
Publisher Pink Floyd Music/Lupus Music
CD Title Atom Heart Mother
Track 1
Label EMI
Rec No:CDP7463812
4. Quero Que Vá Tudo Pr'o Inferno
Performer Roberto Carlos
Composer Roberto Carlos/Erasmus Carlos
Publisher CBS
CD Title Jovem Guarda
Track 1
Label CBS
Rec No:37432
5. Ode to Joy
Performer Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Bernard Haitink
Composer Beethoven
Publisher Phongram
CD Title Symphony No 9 in D Minor
Track 4
Label Philips
Rec No:4100362
6. Because
Performer Beatles
Composer Lennon/McCartney
Publisher EMI recordings
CD Title Abbey Road
Track 8
Label Parlophone
Rec No:CDP7464462
7. 2nd movement of Chopin's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 1
Performer Martha Argerich with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado
Composer Chopin
Publisher Polydor
CD Title Chopin:Piano Concerto No 1...
Track 4
Label Deutsche Grammophon
Rec No:4150612
8. Nothing Compares 2 U
Performer Sinead O'Connor
Composer Prince
Publisher EMI
CD Title Missing You
Track Cd2 trk 10
Label EMI
Rec No: CDEMTVD 86
Record: Ode to Joy
Book: The complete works of Oscar Wilde
Luxury: A trip around my island on Concorde
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